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    by David White <dave@whitevine.net>
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/**
 * @file
 * Various functions related to the creation of units (recruits, recalls,
 * and placed units).
 */
 
#pragma once
 
class team;
class unit_type;
 
#include "unit_creator.hpp"
 
#include "map/location.hpp"
#include "units/ptr.hpp"
 
#include <tuple>
 
namespace actions {
 
/** The possible results of finding a location for recruiting (or recalling). */
enum RECRUIT_CHECK {
    RECRUIT_NO_LEADER,          /** No leaders exist */
    RECRUIT_NO_ABLE_LEADER,     /** No leaders able to recall/recruit the given unit/type. */
    RECRUIT_NO_KEEP_LEADER,     /** No able leaders are on a keep. */
    RECRUIT_NO_VACANCY,         /** No vacant castle tiles around a leader on a keep. */
    RECRUIT_ALTERNATE_LOCATION, /** Recruitment OK, but not at the specified location. */
    RECRUIT_OK                  /** Recruitment OK. */
};
 
/**
 * Checks if there is a location on which to place a recruited unit.
 * A leader of the @a side must be on a keep connected by castle to a
 * legal recruiting location to get an "OK" or "ALTERNATE_LOCATION" result.
 *
 * If "OK" is returned, then the location provided in @a recruit_location
 * is legal. If "ALTERNATE_LOCATION" is returned, the provided location was
 * illegal, so its value was replaced by a location where recruitment can
 * occur.
 *
 * The location of the recruiting leader is stored in @a recruited_from.
 * The incoming value of this parameter is used as a hint for finding a
 * legal recruiter, but this hint is given lower priority than finding a
 * leader who can recruit at recruit_location.
 *
 * The @a unit_type is needed in case this is a leader-specific recruit.
 */
RECRUIT_CHECK check_recruit_location(const int side, map_location &recruit_location,
                                     map_location& recruited_from,
                                     const std::string& unit_type);
 
/**
 * Finds a location on which to place a unit.
 * A leader of the @a side must be on a keep
 * connected by castle to a legal recruiting location. Otherwise, an error
 * message explaining this is returned.
 *
 * If no errors are encountered, the location where a unit can be recruited
 * is stored in @a recruit_location. Its value is considered first, if it is a
 * legal option.
 * Also, the location of the recruiting leader is stored in @a recruited_from.
 * The incoming value of recruited_from is used as a hint for finding a
 * legal recruiter, but this hint is given lower priority than finding a
 * leader who can recruit at recruit_location.
 *
 * The @a unit_type is needed in case this is a leader-specific recruit.
 *
 * @return an empty string on success. Otherwise a human-readable message
 *         describing the failure is returned.
 */
std::string find_recruit_location(const int side, map_location &recruit_location, map_location& recruited_from, const std::string& unit_type);
 
/**
 * Checks if there is a location on which to recall @a unit_recall.
 * A leader of the @a side must be on a keep connected by castle to a legal
 * recalling location to get an "OK" or "ALTERNATE_LOCATION" result.
 *
 * If "OK" is returned, then the location provided in @a recall_location
 * is legal. If "ALTERNATE_LOCATION" is returned, the provided location was
 * illegal, so its value was replaced by a location where recalling can
 * occur.
 *
 * The location of the recalling leader is stored in @a recall_from.
 * The incoming value of this parameter is used as a hint for finding a
 * legal recaller, but this hint is given lower priority than finding a
 * leader who can recall at recall_location.
 */
RECRUIT_CHECK check_recall_location(const int side, map_location& recall_location,
                                    map_location& recall_from,
                                    const unit &unit_recall);
 
/**
 * Finds a location on which to recall @a unit_recall.
 * A leader of the @a side must be on a keep
 * connected by castle to a legal recalling location. Otherwise, an error
 * message explaining this is returned.
 *
 * If no errors are encountered, the location where a unit can be recalled
 * is stored in @a recall_location. Its value is considered first, if it is a
 * legal option.
 * Also, the location of the recalling leader is stored in @a recall_from.
 * The incoming value of this parameter is used as a hint for finding a
 * legal recaller, but this hint is given lower priority than finding a
 * leader who can recall at recall_location.
 *
 * @return an empty string on success. Otherwise a human-readable message
 *         describing the failure is returned.
 */
std::string find_recall_location(const int side, map_location& recall_location, map_location& recall_from, const unit &unit_recall);
 
/**
 * Gets the recruitable units from a side's leaders' personal recruit lists who can recruit on or from a specific hex field.
 * @param side of the leaders to search for their personal recruit lists.
 * @param recruit_location the hex field being part of the castle the player wants to recruit on or from.
 * @return a set of units that can be recruited either by the leader on @a recruit_location or by leaders on keeps connected by castle tiles to @a recruit_location.
 */
const std::set<std::string> get_recruits(int side, const map_location &recruit_location);
 
/**
 * Gets the recallable units for a side, restricted by that side's leaders' personal abilities to recall on or from a specific hex field.
 * If no leader is able to recall on or from the given location, the full recall list of the side is returned.
 * @param side of the leaders to search for their personal recall filters.
 * @param recall_loc the hex field being part of the castle the player wants to recruit on or from.
 * @return a set of units that can be recalled by @a side on (or from) @a recall_loc or the full recall list of @a side.
 */
std::vector<unit_const_ptr > get_recalls(int side, const map_location &recall_loc);
 
typedef std::tuple<bool /*event modified*/, int /*previous village owner side*/, bool /*capture bonus time*/> place_recruit_result;
 
/**
 * Place a unit into the game.
 * The unit will be placed on @a recruit_location, which should be retrieved
 * through a call to recruit_location().
 * @param u the unit.
 * @param recruit_location the location it was recruited onto.
 * @param recruited_from the location it was recruited from.
 * @param cost the unit's cost.
 * @param is_recall whether the unit was recalled.
 * @param facing the desired facing for the unit, map_location::direction::indeterminate to determine facing automatically.
 * @param show
 * @param fire_event whether to fire events for the unit placement.
 * @param full_movement whether the unit starts with full movement points.
 * @param wml_triggered whether this was triggered via WML.
 * @returns true if an event (or fog clearing) has mutated the game state.
 */
place_recruit_result place_recruit(const unit_ptr& u, const map_location &recruit_location, const map_location& recruited_from,
    int cost, bool is_recall, map_location::direction facing = map_location::direction::indeterminate, bool show = false, bool fire_event = true, bool full_movement = false, bool wml_triggered = false);
 
/**
 * Recruits a unit of the given type for the given side.
 * This is the point at which the code merges for recruits originating from players,
 * the AI, and replays. It starts just after the recruit location is successfully
 * found, and it handles creating the unit, paying gold, firing events, tracking
 * statistics, and (unless @a is_ai) updating the undo stack.
 */
void recruit_unit(const unit_type & u_type, int side_num, const map_location & loc,
                  const map_location & from);
 
/**
 * Recalls the unit with the indicated ID for the provided team.
 * The ID can be a reference to data in the recall list.
 * This is the point at which the code merges for recalls originating from players,
 * the AI, and replays. It starts just after the recall location is successfully
 * found, and it handles moving the unit to the board, paying gold, firing events,
 * tracking statistics, updating the undo stack (unless @a use_undo is false), and
 * recording the recall (unless @a use_recorder is false).
 * @param id the id of the unit to recall.
 * @param current_team the team to recall the unit to.
 * @param loc the location it was recalled onto.
 * @param from the location it was recalled from.
 * @param facing the desired facing for the unit, map_location::direction::indeterminate to determine facing automatically.
 * @returns false if the recall could not be found in the team's recall list.
 */
bool recall_unit(const std::string & id, team & current_team,
                 const map_location & loc, const map_location & from,
                 map_location::direction facing = map_location::direction::indeterminate);
}//namespace actions